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The 5th Wave. Books 1 and 2 by Richard YanceyPresents the story of Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, who, along with her brother and another boy, must continue to fight against the Other menace.
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The 5th Wave After an alien invasion, Cassie must rescue her brother from the aliens with the help of a boy who may be the enemy.
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The Beautiful Creatures Collection by Kami GarciaFeatures the series' three works which follow Lena, who possesses supernatural powers, and her true love Ethan, who has psychic visions, as they grapple with the impact and use of their respective skills in a small South Carolina town.
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Beautiful CreaturesLiving in a small South Carolina town, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTrying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Book ThiefTo escape the horrors of World War II Germany, a young girl steals books to read and visits with the Jewish refugee hiding in her house.
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City of Bones by Cassandra ClareSuddenly able to see demons and the Shadowhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
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Mortal instruments: City of BonesWhen her mother disappears, Clary learns that she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, warriors who protect the world from demons.
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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra BrackenSixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children.
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Darkest MindsAfter the child and teenage survivors of a virus develop superpowers, they are held in camps to protect society and several young men and women escape to form a resistance force against the government.
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Divergent by Veronica RothIn a future Chicago, Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group.
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DivergentIn a society that has organized itself into five factions, a teenage girl learns that she is a Divergent, and when she chooses to join a warring faction she discovers that her personality type is seen as a danger to other factions.
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody KeplingerWhen seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, she is surprised to find that they have a lot in common.
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DUFFWhen a high school senior discovers she has been labeled the DUFF, Designated Ugly Fat Friend, she starts a social pecking order revolution.
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott CardA veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth.
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Ender's GameAndrew "Ender" Wiggin, a gifted child, is sent to an advanced military academy in outer space to prepare for future alien invasions.
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Everything, Everything by Nicola YoonA girl confined to her house by rare and profound allergies falls hopelessly in love with her new neighbor, in a story told through vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists and illustrations.
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Everything, EverythingA teenage girl living in a hermetically sealed house to keep her alive develops a relationship with the teenage boy next door.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
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Fahrenheit 451In a future where reading is a crime, a fireman whose job is to burn books begins to question the law.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. By the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska.
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Fault in Our StarsWhen sixteen-year-old Hazel is forced to attend a cancer support group by her parents, she meets and falls in love with Augustus, whose cancer is in remission.
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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. Itcould also endanger her life.
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The Hate U GiveA girl from a poor black neighborhood attending a rich mostly white prep school witnesses her childhood friend being killed by a police officer and faces a difficult dilemma.
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune attributed to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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HolesStanley Yelnats is sent to a detention camp after being falsely accused of a crime, and told by the warden to dig holes in the desert in search of a mysterious buried treasure.
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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesEldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
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Howl's Moving CastleA young woman named Sophie flees to the moving castle of a notorious wizard named Howl after she is cursed to look old beyond her years; while at the castle she falls in love with Howl who can see Sophie's true self despite the curse.
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The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne CollinsCollects all three adventures of Katniss and the District 12 team, as they compete in the annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts of Panem against one another.
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Hunger GamesKatniss Everdeen prepares to win the war against President Snow and the Capitol.
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If I Stay by Gayle FormanWhile in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
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If I StayAfter a car accident kills her parents and puts her in a coma, teenager Mia has an out-of-body experience and must decide whether to wake up and experience life differently than she ever imagined, or leave.
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It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniAn ambitious new student at Manhattan's prestigious Executive Pre-Professional High School, teenager Craig Gilner suddenly discovers that he has become an average kid among a group of brilliant students, a discovery that leads to increasing anxiety and a battle with clinical depression, during which he encounters a motley crew of fellow patients battling their own problems.
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It's Kind of a Funny StorySixteen-year-old Craig checks himself into a mental health clinic and endures the five-day mandatory stay in the adult ward with the help of Noelle, another teenager, and Bobby, a troubled father.
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The Maze Runner Series by James DashnerDetails the adventures of Thomas, a boy who wakes up in the middle of a maze with no memory, who must escape the maze and ensure the survival of the human race in a future where Earth has been decimated by solar flares.
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Maze RunnerAfter his memory is erased, a teenage boy is placed into a remote community with other teens and they learn that they must work together to escape the perils of a giant maze and find their way to freedom.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse AndrewsGreg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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The Outsiders by S. E. HintonThe struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
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OutsidersA story about teenage hopes, fears, bravery and violent rebellion and living on the right side of the tracks.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower: 20th Anniversary Edition by Stephen ChboskyThis haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative voice in contemporary fiction. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular, hilarious, and devastating.
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Perks of Being a WallflowerAn introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who introduce him to the real world of high school.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliCloseted gay teen Simon Spier is challenged to come out on his own terms when he is threatened with exposure, a situation that is complicated by his friends' views and his crush on an adorable if confusing guy. .
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Love, SimonA closeted gay high school student struggles with coming out to his family and friends.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares
As they part for the summer, four friends, Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget, embark on a journey of self-discovery when they decide to share an old pair of worn jeans that were purchased from a thrift shop and form the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
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Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsDuring their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures; during the summer after their first year of college, four young women stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
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Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonA traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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SpeakAfter being raped at a party, high school freshman Melinda becomes depressed, but with the help of her art teacher and new friend David is able to begin to heal.
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Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
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Alex Rider Operation StormbreakerAfter the suspicious death of his uncle, Alex Rider is recruited by British intelligence for a dangerous mission that will save the world.
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13 Reasons Why by Jay AsherWhen Clay Jensen receives a box containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends the night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
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13 Reasons WhyAfter high school student Hannah Baker commits suicide, her friend Clay receives a box of tapes with messages she recorded beforehand explaining what drove her to the act.
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The Twilight Saga Complete Collection by Stephenie MeyerA boxed set of four volumes featuring stories about Bella Swan, a girl who moves to Forks, Washington, falls in love with Edward, a vampire, and becomes close friends with Jacob, a werewolf, and a fifth volume about Bree Tanner's life as a vampire.
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TwilightWhen Bella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father and begins her junior year in high school, she meets and falls in love with Edward Cullen who is secretly a vampire.
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Vampire Academy by Richelle MeadTwo years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training.
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Vampire AcademyAt St. Vladimir's Academy Rose, a dhampir, half-vampire, half-human is trained to protect the Moroi, who peacefully exist with humans and kill Strigoi, who drink to kill.
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The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrauIn the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
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City of EmberWhen an underground city begins to run low on resources, two teenagers search to escape above.
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The Giver by Lois LowryGiven his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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GiverIn a seemingly perfect world, a young man, Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories, learning from an old man known as The Giver.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. RowlingA winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Harry PotterYoung wizard Harry Potter and his fellow students learn their craft at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; when the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts, Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school; during his third year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard thought responsible for his parents' deaths; as Harry enters his fourth year at Hogwarts, he is mysteriously entered in the Triwizard Tournament which challenges his wizarding skills, friendships, and character amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger; as Harry enters his fifth year at Hogwarts, rumors of Lord Voldemort's return divide the wizarding world; Harry Potter and his friends struggle to keep Lord Voldemort away from Hogwarts while also learning how to handle new friendships and romance; Harry Potter and his friends leave Hogwarts to search for the Horcruxes that will destroy Lord Voldemort, and in the process learn about the extremely magical items known as the Deathly Hallows.
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The Host: A Novel by Stephenie MeyerA member of a species that takes over the minds of human bodies, Wanderer is unable to disregard his host's love for a man in hiding, a situation that forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.
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HostWhen a mysterious force threatens mankind by taking over everyone's bodies and erasing their memories, a young girl risks everything to protect her loved ones.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsAfter a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenFollowing clues left by his grandfather, Jake discovers Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and the dangers they face as he gets to know the residents, learns about their special powers, and finds that he alone has a power that will help him savehis new friends.
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Princess BrideButtercup loves Westley, but when he is captured by pirates and assumed dead, she is chosen by the evil Prince Humperdinck to be his bride, beginning a series of fantastic efforts to free her.
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Ready Player One by Ernest ClineImmersing himself in a technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty, and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's creator.
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Ready Player OneWhen the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find an Easter egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
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To Kill a MockingbirdWhen a white woman in Alabama accuses a black man of rape, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion and no lawyer except Atticus Finch will defend the accused.
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